Child Care Information

Infant (6 weeks - 12 months): 

Our infant classroom is designed to help your little one excel at their first year of life. With a classroom maximum of eight, each child can play and explore securely with toys that are age appropriate for this group. From the music that we play to the books that we read, everything in the room is in place to help your baby develop new skills. Music is played throughout the day as well as lots of time playing on the floor with a variety of infant activities.  Infant safe artwork projects are explored hand over hand with teachers so babies can get to experience play using all their senses and parents can have something fun for the fridge!

Every child in this room has an assigned crib that is sanitized daily along with the rest of the room and toys.  Children’s bottles are separated by child in the classroom refrigerator and food items (when age appropriate) are brought in freshly prepared from the kitchen.

There is appropriate space for crawling and walking when child is ready for these stages.   

Verbal stimulation between child and caregiver will be conducted at all stages of development.

 Young Toddler (13 Months – 36 Months)

So much growing is done in such a short amount of time! Our Red, Yellow, and Purple classrooms are all designed to be stepping stones for your children to learn and grow together. Here at Countryside Child Care Center and Preschool, we believe children learn best through exploration and play. We use a play based in house curriculum that has a rotating weekly theme and goes over basic concepts of learning while still letting children explore the different areas of their room. Each of our classrooms have different learning centers focusing on areas of S.T.E.A.M, Literacy, Dramatic Play, and Fine Motor. We also love playing outside on one of our outdoor playground areas and using the outdoor space to play with fun toys like bubbles and chalk. We help introduce children to new concepts of play as well as education during this time as well.  Some skills that we work on are: sharing, picking up toys, eating with utensils, potty training, and proper personal hygiene such as hand washing, how to blow your nose and covering your cough. Each classroom has tables, chairs, and learning shelves that are just the right height for the friends in each room and everything is accessible throughout the day.

Blue Room – Play School (3/4 Year Olds)

Our play school room is designed to help our older threes and younger fours get ready for preschool.  While we still use our play-based curriculum and S.T.E.A.M. focused centers throughout this room, we also work on coloring inside the lines, how to hold a pencil the correct way, the proper way to use scissors, shapes/colors, and letter/number recognition. Children enrolled in this room spend time working on pre-writing and pre-reading skills such as making straight and curved lines, learning that different types of things can be used to write, and exploring different books and music. This classroom also pays special focus on manners and making the most of table time. We work on being good friends and always using nice words and hands. Positive encouragement is used throughout the day and we work with parents and children to ensure everyone is feeling seen, valued, and encouraged.

Green Room – Preschool (4/5 Year Olds)

Our preschool class is designed to help ensure kiddos get all the necessary tools for kindergarten. Our focused goal is to get children ready academically for the first nine weeks report card for Royerton Elementary, in addition to other aspects of the school day so they can enjoy all the new changes that come with learning a new school. While we still use our in house play based curriculum, some of the big things we focus on are: recognizing their name in print, printing their name correctly, writing the numbers 1-20, counting to 50, correctly identifying and being able to draw basic shapes, following classroom directions, as well as being a good classroom member and friend. We use a variety of teaching tools from classic teacher led instruction to interactive child exploration. We send weekly updates home to parents and believe that open communication between parents and our facility is crucial for positive educational growth.